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1974 The first British McDonald's opened in south London, God help us |
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No need to Name That Tune for this month's NTT but share what you think Minnie mislaid. (User discretion is advised.) |
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tu 30 se |
1955 James Dean died aged 24 in a car crash |
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mo 29 se |
1999 Clayton Moore, the Lone Ranger, died aged 85 |
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Blue Mazda interfered with in Benhall. |
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1865 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was registered as the first woman doctor in Britain |
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Deben waterman Frank Knights who died aged 91 last Sunday was one of Woodbridge's twelve Honorary Freemen (and no, they're not all men). |
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Ex-England rugby captain Roger Uttley's face was a sufficiently expressive source when he visited Brandeston Hall that we've given him his own page. |
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sa 27 se |
1963 Cilla Black made her television debut on Ready, Steady, Go! |
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we 24 se |
1963 Doctors in New Zealand gave the first successful blood transfusion to an unborn baby |
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| Online station Radio Stradbroke fires up again this weekend when it relays live The QUEEN presents starting off Friday evening with some Suffolk squit. | |||
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1974 Ceefax went live on BBC television to become the world's first teletext system |
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1975 Fawlty Towers first shown on tv |
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Live a little ...
make us your home page. |
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des' dinners at the Woodbridge Anchor
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1939 HMS Courageous was torpedoed to become the first British warship to be sunk in WWII |
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1908 General Motors was formed from the amalgamation of Buick and Oldsmobile |
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1830 William Huskisson was killed at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway |
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1972 Pope Paul VI abolished the tonsure for monks |
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Hot Club are essentially western swing and we fell in love with Elena's silly, charming little voice; she never runs out of licks for that fiddle and Hank's no slouch either at laid back vocals or thoughtful plank spanking. They're on at the Ipswich Manor Ballroom this Friday ... can't wait! (Hooping to HC here.) |
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2000 The Lock and Barrel, the first pub in Frinton-on-Sea, opened for business |
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The Ipswich Fibromyalgia Support Group are have their first ever fundraising sale right now in Bramford Village Hall. |
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fr 12 se |
1953 Jaqueline Bouvier married John F Kennedy |
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1709 The Duke of Marlborough defeated the French at the Battle of Malplaquet |
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we 10 se |
1963 The American Express credit card launched in the UK |
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09:45pm It's a case of it should work ... but it doesn't, so we're moving back to the previous host which will reinstate the bulletin board and give us time to sort this out off line .. you win some, you loose some:) 03:00pm The database restoration is turning out more difficult than we remember:) 12:05pm Software installed and running but the database has yet to be restored. If you post a message now it will be lost when the database is restored. 11:15am That's an improvement already, the software uploaded in one hit. 10:30am This web site moved host last night, the bulletin board will be back later this morning. |
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tu 9 se |
1971 The Old Grey Whistle Test first broadcast |
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Unpleasantnesses in Aldeburgh and Walberswick. |
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1817 The Drury Lane Theatre became the first British theatre to be entirely lit by gas |
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1911 Sweden created the world's first state film censorship authority |
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Mobile make up artist and hairdresser needed for a lady in Woodbridge who's getting married. |
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1962 e e cummings died |
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A spate of bicycle thefts in the Woodbridge area. |
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1976 Percy Shaw, inventor of the cat's eye, died |
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previously on Near The Coast |
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and perhaps you remember Malcolm Walker? Behind The Brewer in the pic?
With his wife Lucie ran Tastebuds in Earl Soham 2001-05? We assume they
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